blot out

verb

blotted out; blotting out; blots out

transitive verb

1

: to make obscure, insignificant, or inconsequential

2

: wipe out, destroy

Synonyms of blot out

• eradicate
• erase
• abolish
• wipe out
• destroy

Examples of blot out in a Sentence

blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device

bushes blotted out the shed from our view

Recent Examples on the Web

The sad fact of her victimization and her struggles in life can threaten to blot out the subtler, trickier elements of her magic. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 June 2026

Only those Avs, the ones from five years earlier, didn’t have a big guy like him to win scrums, screen goalies, plow defensemen and blot out the sun. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 May 2026

Extragalactic astronomers refer to a region behind our Milky Way as the 'Zone of Avoidance' because dust between our galaxy's stars blots out, or deeply reddens, light from more distant galaxies behind it. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026

Then a perusal of several studies that spanned decades and oceans made my hypothesis cloudy enough to blot out that April Fools’ Day moon. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 12 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blot out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Kids Definition

blot out

verb

1

: to make unimportant

2

: to make hard to see or invisible : hide

3

: destroy sense 1, kill